{"id":2490,"date":"2024-08-20T14:25:03","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T18:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miwf.org\/?post_type=our-board&#038;p=2490"},"modified":"2024-10-01T11:07:17","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T15:07:17","slug":"carolyn-cassin","status":"publish","type":"our-board","link":"https:\/\/miwf.org\/about-us\/our-board\/carolyn-cassin\/","title":{"rendered":"Carolyn Cassin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Carolyn Cassin has been the President &amp; CEO of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/miwf.org\/\">Michigan Women Forward<\/a>\u00a0since 2008. She serves as  an officer on Michigan Women Forward&#8217;s board. Under her leadership, the organization became a CDFI microloan lender to help foster small business opportunities and improve Michigan communities.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over her career, Carolyn has started and grown two companies, and helped transform and turn around three more. 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